The Relation of Antisocial Behavior Patterns and Changes in Internalizing Symptoms for a Sample of Inner-city Youth: Comorbidity within a Developmental Framework |
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Authors: | Ashli J Sheidow Martha K Strachan Joel A Minden David B Henry Patrick H Tolan Deborah Gorman-Smith |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, M/C 406, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA 2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA 3. National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC), Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC, USA 4. California State University, Chico, CA, USA 5. Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Abstract: | Research examining the relationship between internalizing symptoms and antisocial behaviors has generally been cross-sectional
in design. Thus, although extant data have substantiated a strong correlation between internalizing symptoms and antisocial
behaviors, few studies have focused on describing the nature of the co-occurrence over time. This study examined the relation
between growth in internalizing symptoms and longitudinal patterns of antisocial behavior in a sample of 283 inner-city males
and their caregivers assessed as part of a longitudinal developmental risk study. Participants were assessed annually in four
waves. Non-offenders and escalating offenders had lower levels of internalizing problems at wave 1 than did chronic minor
and serious-chronic-violent offenders. Results revealed a developmental trend of decreasing internalizing problems across
study years for most participants, as would be expected, with adolescents participating in serious, chronic, and violent patterns
of antisocial behavior displaying greater internalizing problems than those participating in stable patterns of less serious
or no antisocial behavior. Further, when there was escalation of seriousness and frequency of antisocial behavior, there also
was increased internalizing problems relative to non-escalating juveniles. Results are discussed in the context of developmental
psychopathology.
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Keywords: | Antisocial behaviors Internalizing Comorbidity Longitudinal Developmental psychopathology |
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